socal swimmer Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 aaggghhh. so i have been reading all over the place that the mighty mouse only has one button, and that this annoys people. however, when i start up in windows (dual boot imac), sometimes when i clicked i would get the right click menu. i was like "why...?" But later when i went into the mac os x system preferences for the mouse, surprise surprise, there was an option for the right click. However, the right click and the left click are configured as a single left click by default. to make a long story short, it does have just as many buttons as other mouses (more if you include sideways scroll and the expose side buttons). did you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDrag0n Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 I remember seeing the original blueprints for the FCC on that. The right click sensor is a unique thing. Makes it better than the actual right and left click buttons in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 Has right and left click, middle button click, middle button scroll, and squeeze functions. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruku Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 now if theyd only put that function on the touchpad button of their notebooks id think they had made some improvement towards functionality rather than just trying to be unique with the single click button. and yeah i know they have two finger click. but why waste that huge button area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threepwood Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 The right click doesn't work very well on the Mighty Mouse (sometimes it doesn't register), and it doesn't really fit the human hand either. Apple mice suck, that's a well known fact. I use a standard Microsoft mouse which fits the hand perfectly and also has a driver that saves you from Apples horribly lazy (or rather drunken) mouse acceleration (yes, I have tried usb overdrive and that mouse fix that are supposed to fix this problem, but they actually made the mouse feel worse). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 Huh...I never had a problem with the feel of Apple's mice. The right click working all the time....I can agree with you there. And to be honest, I love the two finger right click. It saves me tons of time. Really. I'm serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socal swimmer Posted September 8, 2007 Author Share Posted September 8, 2007 Sometimes i accidentally activate the squeeze, which bugs me. Personally, I use a logitech trackball. That way, I can have movement over the entire screen without a large desk area, and without picking the mouse up (a real problem when dragging stuff, imo). functionality aside, the mighty mouse does look pretty cool. goes with the whole look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 It looked alright with the iMac, but was a bit too sensative (The buttons, not the movement) for me. Now, with the new iMacs and the new keyboards, they just look like the last year discount special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruku Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 And to be honest, I love the two finger right click. It saves me tons of time. Really. I'm serious. i agree that the 2 finger right click is a bloody great idea. i wish all notebooks had it. but look below that trackpad and youll see an enormous dinosaur of a button which has only 1 function. i see more in its future though. after all theyre going after the windows market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 I don't know though.... Apple seems to like having one seemingly plain thing do a whole lot. For example; Click wheel. One touch sensitive circle with a button in the middle. It works incredibly for the iPods. I mean, hell...You can play solitaire on them. Apple Remote. Pretty similar to the Click Wheel...Pack as much function into those 6 buttons as you can. I don't think we'll see any change to the touchpad anytime soon. If they do, it'll be just like the mice are right now. It'll have an assignable secondary command that won't be immediately obvious while looking at it. What might be really cool is if they assigned the right side to be a scroll slide function like most Windows laptops we see regularly. Or at least better Windows drivers for the Apple touchpads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDrag0n Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 I use an Apple Pro black mouse for my iMac, a Logitech MX 1000 for my Quicksilver, a Logitech cordless ball mouse for my Sawtooth, an Apple ADB II mouse for my B&W, and my normal trackpad for my Pismo. I will admit, the MX 1000 is the best mouse i have ever used to date. I used to use the Apple puck mouse and those things were garbage. Along with an Intellimouse Optical from Microcrap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 I kinda like my Black Pro mouse...I use it to play games on Windoze =D I wish it had a right click... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruku Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 I don't think we'll see any change to the touchpad anytime soon. If they do, it'll be just like the mice are right now. It'll have an assignable secondary command that won't be immediately obvious while looking at it. What might be really cool is if they assigned the right side to be a scroll slide function like most Windows laptops we see regularly. Or at least better Windows drivers for the Apple touchpads. thats the idea im talking about. just move your finger to the right of the big button for the right click. easy right. you can scroll now by putting two fingers on the trackpad at the same time and moving them up or down. it works well. better than the windows side scroll in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Yeah...but it's touchy... And it would help with the Windows "Experience." I wish their trackpad drivers would catch up..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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